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Hi Angie
Your passport needs to be valid for six months after your intended return date. For more information you can visit your nearest Botswana Embassy or High Commission, or call the Department of Immigration in Gaborone: +267 374545.
All the best,
Symone

I have dual nationality Australian/Spanish - not sure which would be more beneficial to use out there. But that aside - both expire in 13 months time. Apparently to get a working visa in Botswana you need to have 3 years left on your passport, however, I am only allowed to extend my spanish passport if I have less than 6 months on it unless I get proof that there is a limit of how many months or years is legally required to be able to get the visa then the Spanish Embassy will extend it without having less than 6 months.

I will be moving to Botswana for a year. My girlfriend (we're both american) is going to accompany me for at least 3 months. Does anyone know if she can get a work visa? I will have one, but she won't. Or does she even need one?

hi everyone, i'm britsh and met my fiance in the uk when he was here on a work visa, however it ran out and he had to return to botswana, i've recently been there to visit him and relised i cant be without him, and until he get's a visa for the uk again, (which we have been trying to do for over a year and a half) i'm thinking of going to botswana for anything up to a year.... what do i need to get a work visa, or infact any kind of visa... i need help....

Iam scheduled to work in a CRM firm in gaberone,they seems to be a huge delay in the VISA process, Last i heard was that they check all visitors for terror links, does any body know.I also want to know what is the average cost of living if accomodation, transport and food is taken care of by the company.

hi ,am a pathologist from India. we are planning to relocate to botswana in a few months. what is the process of registering yourself with Botswana medical council for practicing my specialty there. how r the job opportunities. what all documents do u require for the same. can anybody help me with these queries. i would be grateful.

hello. I'm a doctor from the Philippines and I was recently offered a job in Botswana as a doctor there. However i was told by my agent here in the Philippines that i can leave with a TOURIST visa and just apply for a WORKING PERMIT/ visa when I get there... Is this legal? Please HELP! thanks so much!

I am looking to work in Botswana in the Lodge/hospitality Industry, I lived in Botswana for 10 years not consecutively, what are the requirments to recieve a work permit and what are the chances are recieving citizenship?

hi everyone. I am a Motswana(Botswana national) living in New Zealand. I am so pleased that you guys want to live in my woderful country. I can tell you, you won't regret the decision. There are a lot of expats and they can attest to that. For the Phillipino doctor who has been offered a job, your prospective employers should be able to arrange a work permit for you. I lived in Maun where there is loads of experts and I know some of them came as tourist and as soon as they got there they applied for a permit through an agent. My partner is Kiwi and I'm also trying to find out more about getting a work permit before we leave New Zealand, failing which he'll go as atourist and hopefully sort things out that side. Good luck to all of you. Enjoy your stay in Botswana

I would like to establish a small factory like domestic house-hold plastic materials in Bostwana, Does anyone know how can i get the visa and work permit/business permit ? pls contact me.sonartoryee@gmail.com

Mino...what kind of visa did you get into New Zealand with. Do you know if the visa requirements there are easy to get around than australian. The reason I ask is because my fiance's visa in australia ran out and she has been sent back to Botswana. I want to be with her but we have both talked about going to New Zealand as I can work there easily and from what I've read on their immigration site they are more relaxed than australia for her to get in.

Hi everyone, am a bartender from Mauritius,was on hoilday in Botswana before.My girlfriend is working there,she is expats.I am looking to move to Botswana to work in hospitality industry.and work permit.Can anybody help to my query? Thanks.

Hi,I am living in Botswana so i need to apply for visit visa for Australia but in Botswana we don't have an a embassy,So i need to know how can i get a visa from Botswana to visit to Australia and how is the procedure...

HiI am reside in South Africa having my girlfriend in Botswana who works and reside there. I intend to marry in South Africa only after the traditional marriage in Botswana. Can any one tell me if it will be possible that way or I must have to reside in Botswana. Please contact me at benzeta@msn.com

i was working for a company in botswana. then i was planning to do my own business with my friendwe register a company. we found a place were we will start the business we paid the rent also, then suddenly i got a call from immigration that i must go and visit themso i went to immigration and with out any reason they give me 14 day"s to live the country.i went to see the consultant so they advice me to live the country & apply for the work permit,i left the country and apply again then i got the waiver after three months so i apply for the visa,i got the visa & come back to stat the business i was setting up the business it is two months i am still working on my project i invested almost 500,000 pula and still more will be spend our plan is to invest up 2,500000 but........again the immigration comes to me and said that i cant stay in this country.so what will happen to the investment i have done?they just keep on asking question like i am a terrorist they don't let me phone or let me go any ware is how they treat a investor?

i have lived in Botswana for three years now who says Botswana is not corrupt as far as permit issues are concerned,,,first as a foreigner its very hard to get a resident and workers permit many foreigners use agents who place fake job adverts in the newspapers and use that to get the permits (if you are lucky not to be conned i was actually conned the first time i paid for one and by a registered business consultant, this so called business consultant also issue fake permits which police on raids for foreigners cannot tell the difference until immigration guys verify it its fake u are thrown in the cell...most foreigners even open bank accounts and stay with fake permits unknowingly untill the day they plan to travel outside Botswana coz most of them are intercepted a the airport the permits now are taking longer to come out like between four to six months and their is a new rule that if u are not a a degree holder u cannot be issued with a permit\.if u have lots of cash as an investor it its much easier to get the resident and work permit...and a little piece of advice if you are going penniless to look for a job in Botswana you will suffer....life is very expensive there accommodation is scarce and thus expensive...food is very expensive they get everything from South Africa from cooking oil to carrots to tomatoes...its much easier if you have someone living in Botswana and please before you ask for any help from a shop a restaurant say Dumela (hallo) otherwise those eyes will pierce your heart

am a graduate from tanzania. i would like to apply for a work permit in botswana. So can anyone tell me the procedure to apply and notify me any employment opportunies.. i have done bachelor degree in management of socaial development. my mail is eliapendamziray@gmail.com

I am Lowboy from Malawi,next year i want to go to Botswana to look for employment,so i wanted to know the requirements to acquire work permit in Botswana.Iam a Bonified citizen of Malawi.so pliz if anyone can help,pliz help because next year its around the corner.